Saints of September
Franciscan Media
September 1, 2023
Here are a handful of saints we celebrate in the month of September.
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‘Oppenheimer’ Gives Catholics Opportunity to Explain Injustice of Nuclear Weapons
OSV News
August 14, 2023
The recently released cinema biopic “Oppenheimer” dramatizes the progressive development, assembly, testing and detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb which then led to the dropping of two such bombs over Japan in the twilight days of World War II.
Humor and Humility
Melanie Rigney
July 27, 2023
Reflect John XXIII (1881-1963) brought a loving God everywhere he went, from his childhood on an Italian farm though his days as an army stretcher
Union vows more strikes until California hotel workers get living wages
OSV News
July 7, 2023
Hotel workers in Southern California walked off the job for three days around the Independence Day holiday asking for higher wages, affordable family health care, a retirement pension, and manageable workloads.
The Friends of Thomas Merton
Daniel P. Horan, OFM
January 31, 2023
Thomas Merton continues to exercise an “apostolate of friendship,” bringing people together across many divides.
Pope prays for unity of church as he celebrates anniversary of Vatican II
OSV News
October 12, 2022
The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening.
Experts urge world to deter Russia from using nuclear weapons in Ukraine
OSV News
September 26, 2022
A former deputy secretary-general of NATO said threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine must be taken seriously.
British Catholics, Pope Francis pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
OSV News
September 9, 2022
Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years.
Blessed Stanley Rother
Franciscan Media
July 28
Blessed Stanley Rother grew up in Oklahoma on his parents’ farm in what could be described as a normal environment. Life changed radically for him when he was ordained a priest in 1963, and again in 1968, when he volunteered for the missions in Guatemala. But the final change came when civil war reached his parish in 1980. He was assassinated on July 28, 1981.
Saint Marguerite d’Youville
Franciscan Media
June 15
Enduring a seriously dysfunctional marriage and being left a widow, Saint Marguerite d’Youville did not give in to despair. Rather, she founded the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, the “Grey Nuns,” rescued a failing hospital, and cared for the sick. Not even the destruction of the hospital by fire drove her to despair.
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